You are dying, Columbus.   I wish your corpse would carry to your grave   the sins you committed   against whole races of people,   my people, and all the other people,   whom you held to ransom   in the name of a god and a king and his queen.     What were you but a thief, a murderer and a rapist?   You came armed with a sword in one hand   and the Bible in the other.   Our women were naive to welcome you   with gifts of parrots and bales of cotton;   They showered their hospitality on you   and made spears for your men on your demand.   And you killed them with those spears   after raping them.     Did your god smile   when you poured the baptismal water   on our infants   who grew up to be plunderers   of the earth   like you?     We were clay in your hands   and you moulded us   in your image.   We despise us   in your image.      PS: America is celebrating Oct 12 as Columbus Day.   
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